Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:40:47 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Server Freezing Solid Message-ID: <4919A77F.8050705@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <20081111153541.GA25810@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <b2e0a4330811110642k688c2c9aq9fbb9832f5382c53@mail.gmail.com> <20081111153541.GA25810@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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Roland Smith wrote: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 06:42:39AM -0800, Chris Maness wrote: > >> I am having a new problem. I have been running FreeBSD for years with >> no crashing. All of a sudden my server starts crashing with no panic >> messages. I am suspecting hardware because there are no messages, but >> the CPU temp is fine. >> >> Weird --maybe bad RAM? >> > > Could be. But you can test RAM with e.g. memtest86. > > Or it could be a bad component (e.g. a capacitator) somewhere on the > motherboard or in the powersupply. Or a spike or drop in the external power. > > Roland > I have swapped the HD back to the old box. I am up and running again. If it doesn't crash today, I can be certain the ol' grey mare needs to be taken out back and shot. Dual PIII on a Abit server board c. 2000. I hear that the Abit boards have issues with components. Anyone recommend a cheap (not necessarily the latest technology) mobo for my server? I am running a low load SoHo server here at the house. Chris Maness
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